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How to overcome incoherency in EU policy policy on the energy-agriculture nexus?

By Jouk Hogenhuis / 19/03/2024 / Agriculture, Analysis, Bio-based economy, Biofuels, Climate, Energy policy, EU, Policy, Publications, RED, Renewable fuels

Agriculture and the provision of renewable energy are inherently intertwined. However, the policy fields of agriculture and renewable energy in the EU, are not yet meeting. EU agricultural policy is predominantly focused on securing the production of food and feed products while largely neglecting its role in providing feedstock for …

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Introducing the Dutch policy landscape surrounding renewable fuels: Opportunities for HBE-trading

By Carlo Hamelinck / 16/10/2023 / Biofuels, Carbon emissions, E-fuels, Greenhouse gas emissions, Low carbon fuels, Market Development, Netherlands, Projects, RED, Renewable fuels, Workshop

For: Multinational fuel company [July – September 2023] We assisted a multinational fuel company, who wants to supply biofuels to the Dutch transport sector. To evaluate opportunities in the North West European market, they especially wanted to better understand the Dutch regulations governing renewable fuels, in particular the so-called HBE …

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Exploring systems of renewable fuels certificate and their trading mechanisms

By Carlo Hamelinck / 13/01/2023 / Biofuels, E-fuels, Energy policy, Low carbon fuels, Market Development, Projects, RED, Renewable fuels

For: European energy company [September 2022 – December 2022] A large European energy company, active in the sustainable mobility and energy transition field, sought insights into the Dutch Renewable Energy in Transport system (HBE system). They recognised it could be potentially interesting to have a similar system in their home …

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Workshop over kosteneffectieve invulling RED3-doelen

By Eric van den Heuvel / 31/12/2022 / Analysis, Aviation sector, Biofuels, Carbon emissions, Climate change, E-fuels, Electric mobility, Netherlands, Policy, Projects, RED, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Shipping sector, Workshop

Voor: RVO / Platform Hernieuwbare Brandstoffen [november – december 2022] Het Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat is in voorbereiding voor de imnplementatie van RED3. Bij de opzet van het systeem wordt overwogen om sectorspecifieke verplichtingen in te stellen voor wegverkeer, zeevaart en lichtvaart en daarboven op ook een ‘sector-vrije’ verplichting. …

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Accelerating Energy Independence and Emission Reduction: the role of advanced biofuels in transport

By Eric van den Heuvel / 25/08/2022 / Biofuels, Climate change, EU28, Publications, RED, Renewable fuels

a hybrid EurActiv event on 6 September 2022, Brussels/online Carlo Hamelinck of studio Gear Up will be one of the panelists at an Euroactive event that discusses the role of low-carbon liquid fuels and especially advanced biofuels in the energy transition in Europe. The panelists will reflect on the proposal …

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Mandates for sustainable aviation fuels in the EU

By Eric van den Heuvel / 30/04/2021 / Analysis, Aviation sector, Biofuels, Climate change, E-fuels, EU28, Policy, Publications, RED, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Sustainable Aviation Fuel

How can mandates for sustainable aviation fuels help the broader bioenergy scale-up challenge? This was the central question in a presentation studio Gear Up gave at an Aviation Workshop at the 2021 European Biomass Conference and Exhibition on 29 April 2021. Eric van den Heuvel was one of the two …

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studio Gear Up welcomes new partner Carlo Hamelinck

By Eric van den Heuvel / 01/04/2020 / Analysis, Bio-based, Bio-based economy, Biofuels, Circular economy, Climate change, EU28, Greenhouse gas emissions, Netherlands, Policy, Publications, RED, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Scenario

1st April 2020 Carlo Hamelinck has joined studio Gear Up as one of the three partners. Carlo’s more than twenty years experience in sustainable bioenergy and international consultancy services is a valuable addition to the service portfolio of studio Gear Up. Carlo will dedicate his strategic thinking to what both …

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2030 CO2 emission targets in transport demand 30% reduction of fossil fuels use

By Eric van den Heuvel / 15/02/2020 / Biofuels, Climate change, Electric mobility, ESR, EU28, Policy, Publications, RED, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Scenario, Transport sector

To achieve the 2030 CO2 emission reduction targets that are in line with the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR), fossil energy use in transport will have to be capped to a level of maximum 9 thousand PJ, nearly 30% lower than the 2017 amount of 12,7 thousand PJ. The current targets …

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RED-2 of European Commission should limit fossil, not renewable fuels

By Eric van den Heuvel / 22/09/2017 / Publications, RED, Transport sector

Stagnation of share of renewables in transport in post-2020 period Since early 2000s biofuels in transport have been supported by policy. For two reasons. One is the contribution they make to carbon reduction and the other for their capacity to reducing the fossil oil dependency of the transport sector. Biofuels are …

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